Thursday, November 19, 2009

It is illegal to die in the Houses of ParliamentEating mince pies on Christmas Day is bannedIn the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wantsPicking up abandoned baggage is an act of terrorism.It is still an offence to beat or shake any carpet rug or mat in any street in the Metropolitan Police District, although you are allowed to shake a doormat before 8am.Londoners are not allowed to keep a pigsty in the front of their homes.The Library Offences Act of 1898 makes it illegal to gamble in a library.The Metropolitan Police Act of 1839 states that no one, “except persons acting in obedience to lawful authority, may discharge any cannon or other firearm of greater calibre than a common fowling-piece, within 300 yards of any dwelling house, to the annoyance of any inhabitant thereof”.One may not drive a cow while drunk.In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.Ban on firing a cannon close to a dwelling house (Met Police Act 1839)Ban on the use of any slide upon ice or snow (Town Police Clauses Act 1847)Prohibition of driving cattle through the streets of London (Metropolitan Streets Act 1867)In London, it is illegal for a person with the Plague to flag down a taxi. No cab may carry corpses or rabid dogs.It is illegal to sell most goods on a Sunday. It is however legal to sell a carrot. It is also legal to sell it at any price, and to give free gifts with it, such as anything else one might want to buy on a Sunday.

The following are legal though:- a male may urinate in public, so long as it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle, and his right hand is on the vehicle.- all English males over the age of 14 are to carry out approximately two hours of longbow practice a week, supervised by the local clergy.